subsequent — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. Following in time; coming or being after something else at any time, indefinitely.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Examples

   Growth was dampened by a softening of the global economy in 2001, but picked up in the subsequent years due to strong growth in China.

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   Sir John Franklin's 1845 expedition was lost with two ships and 129 men, inspiring dozens of subsequent expeditions to find and rescue him, none of them successful.

   In a thread called “Calm Before the Storm”, and in subsequent posts, Q established his legend as a government insider with top security clearance who knew the truth about a secret struggle for power involving Donald Trump, the “deep state”, Robert Mueller, the Clintons, pedophile rings, and other stuff.

2. Following in order of place; succeeding.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. Following a line in the earth that is more easily eroded.

   Usage

   • not-comparable
   • of a stream or faultline

   Examples

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   The peculiar position of the subsequent Derwent, close to the sea, suggests some glacial interference with normal adjustments, and calls for special explanation.

Noun

1. A subsequent stream or faultline.

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   When the Middle Wye was turned into the Severn system it still continued the northward subsequent, which of course may have been initiated as a tributary when the Middle Wye belonged to the Thames system.

Adjective

1. following in time or order

   Antonyms

   antecedent

   Examples

   subsequent developments